Inherited Property

Inherited a Home? We'll Buy It As-Is.

A parent’s house full of fifty years of memories, an out-of-state property you didn’t expect, siblings who don’t agree, probate that feels endless — we buy inherited Minnesota homes for cash, in any condition, with the contents still inside. No cleanout, no repairs, no flying back for showings.

Why Heirs Call Us

Inherited homes are their own kind of complicated

Probate timelines. Decades of accumulated belongings. Deferred maintenance no one knew about. Out-of-state heirs trying to coordinate over Zoom. Siblings who don’t see eye to eye. We’ve closed on inherited properties in every one of these situations and built our process around them, not around them being a clean, empty, move-in-ready home.

Leave everything behind

Furniture from 1978, a basement of holiday decorations, a garage with forty years of tools, an attic of photo albums, the dishes still in the cabinets — take what’s meaningful, leave the rest. We handle the entire cleanout after closing, including donations and disposal. You don’t need to spend three weekends sorting through a parent’s life before you can sell.

We do the cleanout, $0 to you

We work through probate

Whether the estate is fully closed, mid-probate with the personal representative authorized to sell, or somewhere in the paperwork in between, we know how to work the timeline. Our title partners and probate-experienced attorneys handle the personal-representative deeds, court confirmations where required, and lien searches against the estate, so the closing actually closes when we say it will.

Any probate stage workable

Distance and distance between siblings

You don’t need to live in Minnesota, or in the same state as your co-heirs, to sell. Closings happen remotely with mobile notaries, e-signatures, and wire transfers split however the estate directs. Multiple heirs sign the deed in their own cities. Your only trip to the property, if you take one at all, is on your own schedule, not the buyer’s.

Out-of-state owners welcome

Side-By-Side

Two paths for an inherited home

A loved one’s house doesn’t move on the open market the way a routine listing does. There’s the cleanout, the deferred maintenance, the heirs who need to align, and the carrying costs that quietly drain the estate every month it sits. Here’s how the two paths typically play out.

Traditional Sale

Listing An Inherited Home

Empty the entire house first

Decades of furniture, clothes, papers, and keepsakes have to come out before listing. Hauling and dumpster fees alone often run $3,000–$8,000, and that’s before you account for the weekends spent sorting.

Update what's dated

Most agents will push for fresh paint, new carpet, refinished floors, an updated kitchen or bath, often $15,000–$50,000+ from the estate before a single showing happens.

All heirs have to agree, repeatedly

Listing price, offer acceptance, repair credits, closing date, every decision needs consensus among siblings who may live in different states and remember the home very differently.

Carrying costs drain the estate

Property taxes, vacant-home insurance (if you can even get it), utilities, lawn care, snow removal, and HOA dues every month the house sits empty. Four to six months on the market is real money out of the inheritance.

Vacant-home risk

Frozen pipes in a Minnesota winter, vandalism, copper theft, an unnoticed roof leak, an inherited home left empty too long has a way of getting more expensive on its own.

Typical Timeline

5 – 9 months & uncertain

Our Way

Selling Direct to MN Property Buyers

Take what’s meaningful and leave the rest, every box, every piece of furniture, every appliance. We clear it out after closing. No paint, no carpet, no kitchen update, no repairs.

Probate-experienced closing

Personal-representative deeds, court confirmations, estate-issued title documents, our title partners handle the paperwork that traditional retail buyers and their lenders won’t touch.

One offer, all heirs sign remotely

We make one written offer, the personal representative or co-heirs review it together once, and signatures happen by mobile notary or e-signature wherever each heir lives.

Close in as little as 7 days

The taxes, the vacant-home insurance, the lawn service, the utilities, all of it ends at closing. Net proceeds are wired to the estate or split among heirs as the estate directs.

No flying back to Minnesota

Out-of-state heirs can complete the entire sale without setting foot on the property if they don’t want to. We handle the local end, you handle whatever’s meaningful to you.

Typical Timeline

7 days, or your date

A Real Scenario

Three siblings, two states, and Mom's house in Minneapolis

Their mother passes away after thirty-eight years in the family home. The three adult children, two in Colorado, one in Florida, are named co-heirs through the will. The house is structurally sound but tired: original 1980s kitchen, worn carpet throughout, a roof at the end of its life, and four bedrooms still full of clothes, books, and a lifetime of belongings. None of the siblings can take a month off to sort, clean, and renovate from a thousand miles away.

Here’s how the numbers compare on a home that would be worth around $385,000 fully updated.

Common Questions

What heirs often ask us

Inherited-home sales come with their own set of concerns, probate, multiple heirs, out-of-state coordination, taxes, and a house full of belongings. Here’s straight talk on the questions we hear most.

The home is still in probate. Can you still buy it?

Yes, in most cases. Once the personal representative has been appointed by the court and has letters testamentary or letters of general administration, they generally have the authority to sell estate property. We close on properties at every stage of probate, sometimes the closing happens before probate is fully wrapped, sometimes after. Tell us where the estate is in the process and we’ll work with your probate attorney (or recommend one if you don’t have one) to line everything up. Minnesota also offers an informal probate path that’s faster and cheaper than formal probate for many estates.

There are multiple heirs and we don't all agree. How does that work?

More common than not, honestly. The personal representative typically has the authority to accept the offer on behalf of the estate, and a single written cash number on paper, with a clear, real timeline, often does more to bring siblings to the same page than months of debate over what to list at. We’ll write a fair offer the heirs can review together. If consensus is still hard, your probate attorney can advise on the personal representative’s powers under the will and Minnesota law. We’ll be patient with the conversation, we just don’t pressure anyone into anything.

The house is full of stuff. Do I have to clean it out before selling?

No. Take the photo albums, the jewelry, the pieces that mean something, leave everything else exactly where it sits. Furniture, appliances, dishes in the cabinets, clothes still in the closets, garage workshop, basement boxes, the whole thing. We handle the cleanout after closing. There’s no faster, less emotionally draining way to deal with a parent’s house than to spend a weekend pulling out what matters and walking away from the rest.

I live out of state. Do I have to fly back to Minnesota to sell?

Not unless you want to. Walkthroughs can happen with a neighbor letting us in, or a local probate attorney, or a property manager, or simply with photos and video you send us. Closing documents are signed by mobile notary or remote online notarization wherever each heir lives, and net proceeds wire directly to the estate or to each heir individually as the personal representative directs. Many of the inherited-home sales we close involve heirs who never set foot on the property at all.

Are there tax consequences when selling an inherited home?

Often less than people fear, because of something called the “stepped-up basis.” For federal income tax purposes, an inherited home’s cost basis generally resets to its fair market value on the date of death, so capital-gains tax usually only applies on appreciation between the date of death and the date of sale. Sell quickly and that gain is often small or zero. We’re not your CPA, and your specific situation depends on the will, the type of probate, and your tax circumstances, so check with a tax professional before closing. We’re happy to put you in touch with one we trust.

The house needs major repairs we don't have budget for. Can you still buy?

Yes. Old roof, original 1970s mechanicals, foundation cracks, decades of deferred maintenance, water damage from a recent leak, hoarder-style condition, fire or smoke damage, none of it disqualifies the home. The estate doesn’t need to spend a dollar on repairs before selling. We see the home as it is, factor the condition into our number honestly, and put a written offer on paper. The worse the condition, the more useful we tend to be compared to listing.